http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/ Copyright 2011 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:27:37 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=5.02 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the cats stand silent in the kitchen waiting for the food to improve... http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/07/cats_wait_for_food_to_improve.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/07/cats_wait_for_food_to_improve.html poetry Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:27:37 -0500 cool summer afternoon after the rain the cat blinks into the breeze... http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/07/the_cat_blinks.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/07/the_cat_blinks.html poetry Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:25:53 -0500 on the Zen of marathon running http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/04/marathon.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/04/marathon.html running and fitness Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:51:28 -0500 I ran the Boston Marathon in just under three hours and twenty minutes. Not bad. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/04/boston_marathon_2011.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/04/boston_marathon_2011.html running and fitness Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:05:53 -0500 a short poem for my stepfather http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/03/for_victor.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/03/for_victor.html poetry Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:28:07 -0500 another letter to my Congressman: single payer now! http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/03/another_letter_to_pascrell_re_medicare_for_all.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/03/another_letter_to_pascrell_re_medicare_for_all.html health etc Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:44:01 -0500 It’s interesting — and sometimes, gratifying — to look back at the previous year after the completion of another cycle through the Gregorian calendar. And I enjoy the narcissistic satisfaction of celebrating my achievements. So here’s a look at noteworthy... http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/01/2010_another_good_year.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2011/01/2010_another_good_year.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:39:06 -0500 That's right folks: it's all fake. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/12/us_politics_as_pro_wrestling.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/12/us_politics_as_pro_wrestling.html popular culture Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:13:30 -0500 In which I urge my Congressperson to oppose Obama's cowardly and mean-spirited stunt. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/12/open_letter_to_pascrell.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/12/open_letter_to_pascrell.html politics Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:15:50 -0500 this is your marathon training; this is your zen training http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/11/south_mountain_november_2010.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/11/south_mountain_november_2010.html poetry Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:03:22 -0500 We are delighted to announce the addition of two spendid kittens to our staff. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/11/lily_and_jack_join_staff.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/11/lily_and_jack_join_staff.html cats Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:26:53 -0500 Nothing quite like the quintessentially human experience of back pain to remind us of impermanence. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/09/back_pain.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/09/back_pain.html health etc Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:58 -0500 Life forms eat other life forms in order to survive, and I am ok with that in principle, but I won't partake of industrially produced meat. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/08/why_i_am_a_de_facto_vegetarian.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/08/why_i_am_a_de_facto_vegetarian.html health etc Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:21:42 -0500 I am in the process of an apparently successful transition into the wildly popular Vibram FiveFingers foot-glove in place of a traditional running shoe. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/07/my_happy_transition_to_VFF.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/07/my_happy_transition_to_VFF.html running and fitness Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:52:27 -0500 just running http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/06/a_saturday_morning_run.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/06/a_saturday_morning_run.html poetry Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:19:41 -0500